Curtain drier



April 13, 1937.

A. HANSEN CURTAIN DRIER Filed May 5, 1936 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 Inventor April 13, 1937. HANSEN 2,076,777

CURTAIN DRIER Filed May 5, 1936 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 Inveniar Patented Apr. 13, 1937 UNITED STATES PATENT orricr.

2,076,777 CURTAIN DRIER 7 Albert Hansen, Menominee, Mich.

Application May 5, 1936, Serial No. 78,049

3 Claims.

' rangement through the medium of which said device may be expeditiously adjusted as desired to accommodate curtains of different dimensions.

Another very important object of the invention is to provide a curtain drier of the type including shiftable or adjustable curtain securing rods, together with novel means for mounting said rods and securing same in adjusted position.

Still another important object of the invention is to provide a curtain drier of the character described which may be readily knocked down for storage when not in use.

Other objects of the invention are to provide a curtain drier of the character set forth which will be comparatively simple in construction, strong, durable, highly eflicient and reliable in use, compact, light in weight and which may be manufactured at low cost.

All of the foregoing and still further objects and advantages of the invention will become apparent from a study of the following specification, taken in connection with the accompanying drawings wherein like characters of reference designate corresponding parts throughout the several views and wherein:-

Figure l is a view in front elevation of a curtain drier constructed in accordance with the present invention.

Figure 2 is a vertical sectional view, taken substantially on the line 2-2 of Figure 1.

Figure 3 is a fragmentary view principally in vertical section, taken substantially on the line 3-3 of Figure 1.

Figure 4 is a fragmentary view in horizontal section, taken substantially on the line 4-4 of Figure 1.

Figure 5 is a top plan View of an end portion of the device.

Figure 6 is a view in horizontal section, taken substantially on the line 68 of Figure 1.

Referring now to the drawings in detail, it will be seen that the embodiment of the invention which has been illustrated comprises va frame or base I of suitable material, preferably angle iron, which is mounted on casters 2. Secured on the end portions of the base I are metallic bars 3 which include upwardly converging portions providing oppositely inclined posts 4 having spaced perforations or openings 5 therein.

As illustrated to advantage in Figure 3 of the drawings, angle iron bars 6 are mounted on the upper ends of the posts 4, said angle iron bars having spaced notches 1 therein and being secured by bolts 8 which extend between said posts 4, said angle iron bars being held apart by spacers 9 mounted therebetween on said bolts 8.

The reference numeral l0 designates angle iron bars which are mounted for vertical adjustment on the posts 4. The adjustable bars ID terminate, at their ends, in hooks H (see Figures 4 and 6) which are engaged behind the posts 4. The bars 10 .are secured in adjusted position by pins l2 which are engageable selectively in the openings 5, said pins being secured to the bars H] by chains or the like l3 to prevent loss.

Mounted on the stationary bars 6, the adjustable bars I0 .and on the posts 4 at one end of the rack are removable plates l4 from which angular pins I5 project and on which certain of the marginal portions of the curtains to be dried are impaled. One end portion of the adjustable bars 10 is spaced from the respective posts 4 in a manner to accommodate or avoid contact with the pins IE on said posts by fillers l6 (see Figure 6) which are Welded to said bars Ill.

The reference numeral l1 designates rods which are adapted to be inserted through the hems of the curtains and engaged selectively in the notches 1 of the stationary upper bars 6. The lower end portions of the adjustable rods I! rest by gravity in notches l8 which are provided therefor in the adjustable bars It]. At their upper ends the rods l1 terminate in supporting hooks H! which, as best seen in Figure 2 of the 3 drawings, are engageable behind or between the bars 6.

It is thought that the operation of the device will be readily apparent from a consideration of the foregoing. The bars H] are adjusted as desired and the curtains are impaled on the pins I5. The rods I! are then inserted through the hem on one end of the curtains and said rods are then engaged in the desired notches 1 and I8, said rods being suspended from the upper bars 6 by the hooks Hi. When the curtains are provided with hems on both ends two of the rods I! may be used for each curtain, one in each hem, instead of impaling one end of the curtains on the end pins I5. Further, through the medium ofthe rods 11 a plurality of curtains may be mounted on each side of the rack.

It is believed that the many advantages of a curtain drier constructed in accordance with the present invention will be readily understood and although a preferred embodiment of the device is as illustrated and described, it is to be understood that changes in the details of construction and in the combination and arrangement of parts may be resorted to which will fall within the scope of the invention as claimed.

What is claimed is:

1. A curtain drier of the class described comprising a base, upwardly converging posts on said base, a longitudinally extending inverted L- shaped bar secured to the upper portion of each s of said posts, the laterally extending leg portions of said bar having spaced notches therein, spacers 5 between the upper ends of said posts, longitudinally extending L-shaped bars adjustably secured below said upper portion of said posts, the outwardly extending leg portions thereof having spaced notches therein, pins projecting from the being provided with a plurality of keeper notches,

a second complemental angle iron adjustably s'- cured at its ends to the intermediate portions of said posts, one flange of said second-named angle iron being provided with impaling pins cooperable with the first-named pins, the remaining flange thereof being arranged in parallelism to the notched flange of the first-named iron and being provided with additional keeper notches, and a curtain stretcher rod selectively placeable in the respective keeper notches, saidrod being formed at its upper end'with a hook releasably engageablejover the first-named angle iron. f

3. A curtain drier of the class described comprising a portable base, apair-of substantially U-shaped members attached to and rising vertically from said base, the upright portions of said U-shaped members being disposed in converging relationship and constituting posts, a pair. of

horizontally disposed spaced parallel angle irons, the vertical flanges thereof being connected with the adjacent upper ends of said posts and being provided with curtain retention pins, the horizontal flanges thereofbeing directed outwardly in a plane even with each other and in opposite directions and for'medwith keeper notches, and 

